Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Orugas

That means caterpillars. I hunt these guys regularly. You think they would be easy to find – but they’re not. I find their “leavin’s” and look up. That’s how I usually find them. Recently, I found them when harvesting serano peppers. They were not only feasting on the pepper plants, they were eating the peppers too. Curumba! I didn’t think any insect bothered hot peppers. These guys are tough.

I pulled this one off a pepper plant and ran inside to grab my camera while holding him in my gloved hand. I could feel this big baby wriggling in my palm trying to escape my grasp. Typically, I line them up on the wall for birds to enjoy. I wasn’t able to capture this guy’s fate with the camera. I’ll assume there is a happy nest of singing chicks due to this fatty. I wonder if he was spicy.